Luitpolding
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The Luitpoldings were a medieval dynasty which ruled the German stem duchy
of Bavaria
from some time in the late ninth century off and on until 985. The progenitor of the family was Margrave Luitpold of Bavaria
(d. 907), possibly a descendant of the Early medieval Huosi
noble family and maybe related to the Imperial Carolingian dynasty by Emperor Arnulf
's mother Liutswind. Under the rule of the royal Ottonian dynasty his sons and grandsons became Bavarian dukes:
Luitpold
, Margrave of Carinthia
and Upper Pannonia
, Count in the Nordgau
, died at the Battle of Pressburg
An affiliation with the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach is possible though not proven: Count palatine Arnulf II about 940 had a castle built at Scheyern
, the later Counts of Scheyern, Bavarian Counts palatine from 1120, are rated as ancestors of the Wittelsbachs.
Stem duchy
Stem duchies were essentially the domains of the old German tribes of the area, associated with the Frankish Kingdom, especially the East, in the Early Middle Ages. These tribes were originally the Franks, the Saxons, the Alamanni, the Burgundians, the Thuringii, and the Rugii...
of Bavaria
History of Bavaria
The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and its formation as a stem duchy in the 6th century through its inclusion in the Holy Roman Empires to its status as an independent kingdom and, finally, as a large and significant Bundesland of the modern Federal Republic of...
from some time in the late ninth century off and on until 985. The progenitor of the family was Margrave Luitpold of Bavaria
Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria
Luitpold , perhaps of the Huosi family or related to the Carolingian dynasty by Liutswind, mother of Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia, was the ancestor of the Luitpolding dynasty which ruled Bavaria and Carinthia until the mid-tenth century.In 893, he was appointed margrave in the March of Carinthia...
(d. 907), possibly a descendant of the Early medieval Huosi
Huosi
The Huosi were one of the Uradel noble families in the stem duchy of Bavaria during the reign of the Agilolfing dynasty, mentioned in the 743 Lex Baiuvariorum....
noble family and maybe related to the Imperial Carolingian dynasty by Emperor Arnulf
Arnulf of Carinthia
Arnulf of Carinthia was the Carolingian King of East Francia from 887, the disputed King of Italy from 894 and the disputed Holy Roman Emperor from February 22, 896 until his death.-Birth and Illegitimacy:...
's mother Liutswind. Under the rule of the royal Ottonian dynasty his sons and grandsons became Bavarian dukes:
Luitpold
Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria
Luitpold , perhaps of the Huosi family or related to the Carolingian dynasty by Liutswind, mother of Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia, was the ancestor of the Luitpolding dynasty which ruled Bavaria and Carinthia until the mid-tenth century.In 893, he was appointed margrave in the March of Carinthia...
, Margrave of Carinthia
March of Carinthia
The March of Carinthia was a frontier district of the Carolingian Empire created in 889. Before it was a march, it had been a principality or duchy ruled by native-born Slavic princes at first independently and then under Bavarian and subsequently Frankish suzerainty...
and Upper Pannonia
March of Pannonia
The March of Pannonia was a frontier march of the Carolingian Empire erected in the mid-ninth century against the threat of Great Moravia and lasting only as long as the strength of that state....
, Count in the Nordgau
March of the Nordgau
The March of the Nordgau or the Bavarian Nordgau was a margraviate in the north of the duchy of Bavaria in the High Middle Ages. It covered the region roughly covered by the modern Upper Palatinate along the river Main. The chief cities of the Nordgau were the Frankish cities Nuremberg and...
, died at the Battle of Pressburg
- Arnulf the BadArnulf, Duke of BavariaArnulf , called the Bad or the Evil , was the duke of Bavaria from 907 until his death. He was a member of the Luitpolding dynasty....
, Duke of Bavaria from 907 to 937, had to accept the overlordship of King Henry the Fowler in 921- EberhardEberhard, Duke of BavariaEberhard was the eldest son and successor of Arnulf the Bad, duke of Bavaria . His dukeship was short, however, for he was banished by King Otto the Great in 938....
, Duke of Bavaria from 937 to 938, deposed and banned by King Otto I of GermanyOtto I, Holy Roman EmperorOtto I the Great , son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of Saxony, King of Germany, King of Italy, and "the first of the Germans to be called the emperor of Italy" according to Arnulf of Milan... - Arnulf II (913954), Bavarian Count palatineCount palatineCount palatine is a high noble title, used to render several comital styles, in some cases also shortened to Palatine, which can have other meanings as well.-Comes palatinus:...
from 938- Berthold of Reisensburg (930999), Bavarian Count Palatine
- JudithJudith of BavariaJudith , was Duchess of Bavaria. She was the eldest daughter of Arnulf the Bad of Bavaria and Judith of Sülichgau....
(925985), married Henry IHenry I, Duke of BavariaHenry I was Duke of Bavaria.He was the second son of the German King Henry the Fowler and his wife Matilda. He attempted a revolt against his older brother Otto I in 938 in alliance with Eberhard of Franconia and Giselbert of Lorraine, believing he had a claim on the throne. In 939 he was defeated...
, younger brother of King Otto I, Duke of LotharingiaLotharingiaLotharingia was a region in northwest Europe, comprising the Low Countries, the western Rhineland, the lands today on the border between France and Germany, and what is now western Switzerland. It was born of the tripartite division in 855, of the kingdom of Middle Francia, itself formed of the...
939940, Duke of Bavaria from 948 until his death in 955
- Eberhard
- BertholdBerthold, Duke of BavariaBerthold , of the Luitpolding dynasty, was the younger son of Margrave Luitpold of Bavaria and Cunigunda, sister of Duke Erchanger of Swabia. He followed his nephew Eberhard as Duke of Bavaria in 938....
, Duke of Bavaria upon the deposition of his nephew Eberhard in 938 until his death in 947- Henry IIIHenry III, Duke of BavariaHenry III , called the Younger, only surviving son of Duke Berthold of Bavaria, was the first Duke of Carinthia from 976 to 978, Duke of Bavaria from 983 to 985 and again Duke of Carinthia from 985 to 989.-Life:...
, Duke of CarinthiaDuchy of CarinthiaThe Duchy of Carinthia was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. It was separated from the Duchy of Bavaria in 976, then the first newly created Imperial State beside the original German stem duchies....
976978 and 985989, Duke of Bavaria from 983 to 985
- Henry III
An affiliation with the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach is possible though not proven: Count palatine Arnulf II about 940 had a castle built at Scheyern
Scheyern
Scheyern is a municipality in the district of Pfaffenhofen in Bavaria in Germany.The House of Wittelsbach derives from here....
, the later Counts of Scheyern, Bavarian Counts palatine from 1120, are rated as ancestors of the Wittelsbachs.